The tree is 18 feet high, and composed of 176 ultrabooks. The base of the tree housed five ultrabook convertibles with which show attendees could interact. Attendees would create their own customized bloom on one of the ultrabooks then, using a drag-and-release gesture, toss it up the tree, where it would travel the length of the trunk and “ripple” across the entire ultrabook canopy.

Towering over Intel’s space at CES, the tree is supposed to symbolize the “transformative, personal and inspiring nature of technology in our lives,” but if you don’t go for that kind of art-speak, it’s an interactive 18-foot tall tree made of 176 ultrabooks, and that’s pretty cool.

The convertible ultrabook is Intel’s laptop-tablet hybrid, vaguely reminiscent of the Windows Surface RT’s thin form factor with attachable keyboard. Intel boasts that the device can start as a standard laptop, but with a flip, slide, or swivel, can transform into a tablet on the fly. Basically, it’s your standard thin hybrid.